5th Circuit ruling allows admitting privileges law to take effect

NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous decision from a panel of three judges of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an emergency stay of the district court’s opinion that struck down the state’s admitting privileges law.The panel accepted all of the state’s arguments that the court did not follow 5th Circuit precedent, ignoring the state’s rebutted evidence that more than 90 percent of women in the state would still be within 150 miles of a provider, and also i